Two more chase Preakness prize
The field for Saturday’s 131st Preakness Stakes swelled by two yesterday with the additions of Greeley’s Legacy and Platinum Couple. If the owners of locally based Ah Day decide today to supplement their Triple Crown-ineligible colt for a $100,000 fee, a field of 10 horses will enter the starting gate at Pimlico Race Course. Owned by Donald Flanagan of Shrewsbury, Greeley’s Legacy was cleared for the Grade 1 Preakness by trainer George Weaver, who was considering the ungraded $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes on Saturday’s undercard.
“I was a little torn,” Weaver said. “I thought the Sir Barton would be a good place to get a win under his belt, and it would be, but the possibility for reward of doing well in the Preakness outweighs my necessity to try and win a race with the colt. I think the colt is coming into the race very well and I want to give him a shot.” Greeley’s Legacy, who finished fourth in the Lexington Stakes and Gotham Stakes, has won only 2-of-11 starts, but the son of Mr. Greeley convinced Weaver he was ready for the Preakness when he worked five furlongs in 58.69 at Belmont Park on Sunday. Platinum Couple, a New York-bred colt who finished a distant fifth in the Wood Memorial, recorded two wins against restricted company in 11 races for Glenn Lostritto’s Tristar Stable. “My son (Glenn) said to me, ‘If George Mason can do it, why can’t we?’ ” Lostritto said, referring to the longshot team of this year’s NCAA Final Four. “He’s fresh. He’s doing well. We breed a lot of our own horses, a lot of New York-breds. You don’t get a chance like this very often.” Trainer King Leatherbury was not ready to commit Laurel Park-based Ah Day yesterday. “I’m going to try and do a little handicapping today on the race. That’s going to help us decide,” he said.
Source: sports.bostonherald.com
“I was a little torn,” Weaver said. “I thought the Sir Barton would be a good place to get a win under his belt, and it would be, but the possibility for reward of doing well in the Preakness outweighs my necessity to try and win a race with the colt. I think the colt is coming into the race very well and I want to give him a shot.” Greeley’s Legacy, who finished fourth in the Lexington Stakes and Gotham Stakes, has won only 2-of-11 starts, but the son of Mr. Greeley convinced Weaver he was ready for the Preakness when he worked five furlongs in 58.69 at Belmont Park on Sunday. Platinum Couple, a New York-bred colt who finished a distant fifth in the Wood Memorial, recorded two wins against restricted company in 11 races for Glenn Lostritto’s Tristar Stable. “My son (Glenn) said to me, ‘If George Mason can do it, why can’t we?’ ” Lostritto said, referring to the longshot team of this year’s NCAA Final Four. “He’s fresh. He’s doing well. We breed a lot of our own horses, a lot of New York-breds. You don’t get a chance like this very often.” Trainer King Leatherbury was not ready to commit Laurel Park-based Ah Day yesterday. “I’m going to try and do a little handicapping today on the race. That’s going to help us decide,” he said.
Source: sports.bostonherald.com
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